Table 52, Data Declaration

The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

General comments

This table provides the number of persons arrested in metropolitan counties in 2005 broken down by age. The table also furnishes a percent distribution of people arrested among age groupings.

The Metropolitan Counties classification encompasses jurisdictions covered by noncity law enforcement agencies located within currently designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas. (See Area Definitions.)

Because some persons may be arrested more than once during a year, the statistics in this table could, in some cases, represent multiple arrests of the same person.

Methodology

The data used in creating this table were from all metropolitan county law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of arrest data for 2005.

Population estimation

The FBI calculated 2005 state growth rates using revised 2004 state/national population estimates and 2005 provisional state/national population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI then estimated population figures for counties by applying the 2005 state growth rate to the updated 2004 U.S. Census Bureau data.

If you have questions about this table

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